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Water Maverick, Shit StirrerMon, 29 Oct 2018 15:55:22 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8Comment on Engineers: we need to talk. by Sludge to resource workshop feedback – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/engineers-talk#comment-156
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:55:22 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=509#comment-156[…] During lunch we spoke in roundabout ways of life and things, for example how ‘Structure, Power, Control’ describes both process engineering and life itself – everything. It reminded me of work I’m doing with social scientists on opening up engineering knowledges to other ways of knowing (which is starting to clarify my thoughts as bumbled about here) […]
]]>Comment on Container Based Sanitation at World Water Week by Stockholm World Water Week 26 – 31 August 2018 – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/cbs-wwweek#comment-118
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:01:54 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=682#comment-118[…] Then, my emerging thoughts on where my place is in this emerging ecosystem in this post. […]
]]>Comment on Future for sanitation in cities? Presentation at Dry toilet conference, Finland by Container Based Sanitation at World Water Week – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/drytoilet2018#comment-117
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:59:53 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=593#comment-117[…] desirable than flush toilets, in any context. Even in high rise buildings in developed countries (My recent talk at the Dry Toilet conference in Tampere also talks to […]
]]>Comment on The business of sanitation by Container Based Sanitation at World Water Week – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/the-business-of-sanitation#comment-116
Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:58:37 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=669#comment-116[…] discussed in the business of sanitation post, the need is in bridging the gap – getting to scale. I think the biggest thing is to build […]
]]>Comment on The business of sanitation by Stockholm World Water Week 26 – 31 August 2018 – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/the-business-of-sanitation#comment-115
Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:37:09 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=669#comment-115[…] Notes from the business meeting around innovation in sanitation, as well as a later session on ‘Container Based Sanitation and the Sanitation Economy‘, specifically the ‘partnering with corporates’ table in another post. […]
]]>Comment on Future for sanitation in cities? Presentation at Dry toilet conference, Finland by Diana Studerhttp://indiebio.co.za/drytoilet2018#comment-113
Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:00:42 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=593#comment-113Was reading about a new house in New Zealand, built on a slope, carefully maintaining as much as possible of the natural vegetation.

Then I look at our South African version. Plot CLEARing. Build house. Whine about The Garden. Add roll on lawn. Repeat the Whine.
When do we learn to value our indigenous plants, topsoil, seed bank?

]]>Comment on No, my house is not off-grid! by indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/no-my-house-is-not-off-grid#comment-112
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:51:21 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=580#comment-112Yes, it’s funny how people seem to not want to pay their rates and lobby (local) government, in other words be active citizens, but are willing to fork out immense amounts of money and effort for something that is often not as reliable and not helping more vulnerable people in their community, to be ‘off-grid’.
]]>Comment on Future for sanitation in cities? Presentation at Dry toilet conference, Finland by Huussi conference – Finland – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/drytoilet2018#comment-111
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:46:54 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=593#comment-111[…] Some resources and notes from the dry toilet conference in Tampere, Finland, 22 to 24 August 2018. My presentation is on this post. […]
]]>Comment on Huussi conference – Finland by Future for sanitation in cities? Talk at Dry toilet conference, Finland – indiebiohttp://indiebio.co.za/huussi-finland#comment-110
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:45:43 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=586#comment-110[…] My presentation at the Dry Toilet conference in Tampere, Finland on 24 August 2018. Other notes on the conference are collected on the huussi post. […]
]]>Comment on No, my house is not off-grid! by Diana Studerhttp://indiebio.co.za/no-my-house-is-not-off-grid#comment-106
Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:29:04 +0000http://indiebio.co.za/?p=580#comment-106FB might be off your reading list?
But on the Water Shedding group we have recurring discussions about off-grid? And your sewage? Who pays to process that?? … deafening silence, till the next one pops up.
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